What a genius was Stedman.

What an eye and what a pen he had for all natural objects.

His denunciations of the brutalities of old Dutch slavery are full of genuine eloquence and of sound sense likewise; and the loves of Stedman and his brown Joanna are one of the sweetest idylls in the English tongue.
{93c} Penelope ( ?).
{93d} Crax.
{95a} Philodendron.
{95b} Bromelia.
{102} Alosa Bishopi.
{103a} Tetraodon.
{103b} Anthurium Huegelii ?--Grisebach, Flora of the West Indies.
{104} Terminalia Catappa.
{106} Pitcairnia?
{107} Hippomane Mancinella.
{110} Thalassia testudinum {111a} Cephaloptera.
{111b} Steatornis Caripensis.
{115a} Gynerium saccharoides.
{115b} Xanthosoma; a huge plant like our Arums, with an edible root.
{115c} Costus.
{115d} Heliconia.
{115e} Bactris.
{116a} Mimusops Balala, {116b} Probably Thrinax radiata (Grisebach, p.

515).
{117} Geological Survey of Trinidad.
{118a} Jacquinia armillaris.
{118b} Combretum (laxifolium ?).
{120a} Eperua falcata.
{120b} Posoqueria.
{120c} Carolinea.
{122a} Ardea leucogaster.
{122b} Anableps tetropthalmus.
{124} Oreodoxa oleracea.
{126} Erythrina umbrosa.
{127} Spigelia anthelmia.
{129a} Carludovica.
{129b} Maximiliama Caribaea.
{129c} Schella excisa.
{131a} Mycetes.
{131b} Cebus.
{131c} Tillandsia {131d} Philodendron, Anthurium, etc.
{132} It may be a true vine, Vitis Caribaea, or Cissus Sicyoides (I owe the names of these water-vines, as I do numberless facts and courtesies, to my friend Mr.Prestoe, of the Botanic Gardens, Port of Spain); or, again, a Cinchonaceous plant, allied to the Quinine trees, Uncaria, Guianensis; or possibly something else; for the botanic treasures of these forests are yet unexhausted, in spite of the labours of Krueger, Lockhart, Purdie, and De Schach.
{133a} Philodendron.
{133b} Philodendron lacerum.

A noble plant.
{133c} Monstera pertusa; a still nobler one: which may be seen, with Philodendrons, in great beauty at Kew.
{133d} Lygodium.
{133e} (-- --------- ?).
{133f} To know more of them, the reader should consult Dr. Krueger's list of woods sent from Trinidad to the Exhibition of 1862; or look at the collection itself (now at Kew), which was made by that excellent forester--if he will allow me to name him-- Sylvester Devenish, Esquire, Crown Surveyor.
{133g} Vitex.
{133h} Carapa Guianensis.
{133i} Cedrela.
{133j} Machaerium.
{133k} Hymenaea Courbaril.
{133l} Tecoma serratifolia.
{133m} Lecythis.
{133n} Bucida.
{133o} Brosimum Aubletii.
{133p} Guaiacum.
{134a} Copaifera.
{134b} Eriodendron.
{134c} Hura crepitans.
{134d} Mimusops Balata.
{137a} Bactris.
{137b} Euterpe oleracea.
{137c} Croton gossypifolium.
{137d} Moronobea coccinea.
{137e} Norantea.
{137f} Spondias lutea (Hog-plum).
{138a} Desmoncus.
{138b} Heliconia.
{138c} Spathiphyllum canufolium.
{138d} Galbula.
{139a} Dieffenbachia, of which varieties are not now uncommon in hothouses.
{139b} Xanthosoma.
{139c} Calathea.
{139d} Pentaclethra filamentosa.
{139e} Brownea.
{140a} Sabal.
{140b} Ficus salicifolia?
{145} Quoted from Codazzi, by Messrs.